Skip to main content

Liberal Party

 Organization

Found in 458 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Speeches: Non House of Commons., 01 Dec 1909 - 12 Dec 1909

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/34
Scope and Contents

Source material for WSC's speaking tour of Lancashire, 2-12 Dec 1909 [WSC visited Manchester, Preston, Southport, Liverpool, Bolton, Burnley, Oldham and Crewe] Material includes statistics on the Cotton trade, notes on trade and labour conditions in Warrington and Burnley, notes on the state of employment in Lancashire, printed note on Unemployment Insurance, note on housing conditions in Manchester.

Dates: 01 Dec 1909 - 12 Dec 1909
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Speeches - Non House of Commons., Sep 1913 - Nov 1913

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/47
Scope and Contents Presscuttings, manuscript notes and typescript for speeches on Federalism and Irish Home Rule, Dundee, Sep-Oct.Typescript and manuscript notes for speech on Ireland, the Land Problem, and the Naval estimates, 18 Oct, Liberal Federation Meeting, Free Trade Hall, Manchester Published Complete Speeches II, pp.2168-82 (under the title "An Offer to Germany").Press cutting - report of speech on Naval Developments, 10 Nov, Lord Mayor's Banquet, Guildhall, London Published Complete Speeches II,...
Dates: Sep 1913 - Nov 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes., Jan 1908 - Dec 1908

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/31
Scope and Contents Typescript of speech by WSC (23 January 1908, Birmingham Town Hall) entitled "Social Policy" on free trade and social policy. Published: Complete Speeches I, pp 883 - 8.Typescript of speech by WSC (2 April 1908, Sun Hall, Liverpool) entitled "Tariff Reform and Unemployment" on taxation and unemployment. Published: Complete Speeches I, pp 921 - 9.Manuscript and typescript notes for Election addresses by WSC in Manchester, including (14 April, Grand Theatre, Manchester) on subjects including...
Dates: Jan 1908 - Dec 1908
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Speeches: Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 11 Feb 1950 - 24 Feb 1950

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/32A-C
Scope and Contents Press Association transcript and press cutting from the Sevenoaks News reporting WSC's election address (11 February, Sevenoaks [Kent] Constitutional Club) on the Labour threat to the economy and the Empire. Also includes transcript of comments by Ness Edwards [Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service] on WSC's responsibility for sending in troops during the miners' strike at [Tonypandy, Glamorgan, Wales, 1910]. Part published: Complete Speeches VIII pp 7935 -...
Dates: 11 Feb 1950 - 24 Feb 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Speeches: Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 14 Oct 1951 - 23 Oct 1951

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/44A-B
Scope and Contents Speech notes and typescript for WSC's election address (15 October, Huddersfield Town Hall [Yorkshire]) on subjects including: the decision by the Colne Valley [Yorkshire] Conservatives to support a Liberal candidate to stop Labour from winning the seat; the duty of all Conservatives and Liberals to combine against Labour; a tribute to Lady Violet Bonham-Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet Lady Bonham- Carter, later Violet, Lady Asquith of Yarnbury], Liberal candidate for Colne Valley;...
Dates: 14 Oct 1951 - 23 Oct 1951
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Speeches: Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 06 Oct 1951 - 09 Oct 1955

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/58A-C
Scope and Contents Speech notes and typescript for WSC's election address (16 May 1955, Sir James Hawkey Hall, Woodford [Essex]) on subjects including: WSC's resignation as Prime Minister and his appointment of Sir Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] as his successor; the Government's record on the economy, employment, social services, housing and the reduction of economic controls; the threat of a return to Socialism; the support of Clement Attlee [leader of the Labour Party] for the hydrogen bomb and Western...
Dates: 06 Oct 1951 - 09 Oct 1955
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 07 Jul 1943 - 31 Aug 1943

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/195
Scope and Contents Broadcast by WSC (14 July) to the Polish forces on the death of General [Wladyslaw] Sikorski, former Prime Minister of Poland. Also includes correspondence from Sir Owen O'Malley, British Ambassador to Poland; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] and notes and copies of correspondence from Francis Brown [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC], John Peck [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC] and John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC]. Published: Complete Speeches VII, pp...
Dates: 07 Jul 1943 - 31 Aug 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and typescript., 20 Jan 1922 - 11 Nov 1922

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/66A-B
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (20 January, National Liberal Council, Central Hall, Westminster, London) on the Government's standing, the strength of the Liberal and Conservative coalition, the need for stability and the preservation of liberal principles against the threat of Socialism. Published: Complete Speeches III pp 3159 - 3165.Speech notes for WSC's speech (27 January, Kenya Dinner, Hotel Victoria, London) on colonial policy in Kenya and Uganda, compared to the French policy in North...
Dates: 20 Jan 1922 - 11 Nov 1922
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes, press cuttings and source material., [Jan] [1928] - 03 Apr 1929

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/85
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (3 February 1928, Town Hall, Birmingham), entitled "Liberal Party Economic Policy" on the next General Election, the Government's economic record, criticism from Philip Snowden [former Chancellor of the Exchequer], cuts in the Fighting Services, the betting tax and Ramsay MacDonald [Leader of the Opposition]'s views on it, income tax and Liberal economic policy. Source material includes press cuttings from the Times reporting Arthur Henderson's [later Lord...
Dates: [Jan] [1928] - 03 Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes, press cuttings and source material., 23 Jun 1928 - 28 Nov 1928

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/86
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (23 June, Conservative Meeting, Hale Park, Widnes, Lancashire), entitled "Six Different Oppositions", on the Government's record, the state of industry, rating reform, Liberal and Labour splits, petrol tax and the development of coal. Also includes a press cutting from the Liverpool Post and Mercury, reporting the speech. Published: Complete Speeches V pp 4445 - 4447.Press cutting from the Yorkshire Herald reporting WSC's speech (26 June, Central Council,...
Dates: 23 Jun 1928 - 28 Nov 1928
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes, prints and source material., 03 Jan 1920 - 30 Apr 1920

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/61
Scope and Contents Speech notes, a print and a report from the Times on WSC's speech (3 January, Victoria Hall, Sunderland, County Durham), entitled "The Agony of Russia" on the general situation in Britain, Russia and Eastern Europe, and the risks of party politics. Published: Complete Speeches III pp 2917 - 2927.Speech notes for WSC's speech (30 January, Territorial Forces Associations Meeting, County Council Office, London), on the post-war organisation of the Territorial Force. Published: Complete Speeches...
Dates: 03 Jan 1920 - 30 Apr 1920
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes, source material, typescript and press cuttings., 04 May 1923 - 03 Nov 1924

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/70A-B
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (2 July 1924, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Centenary dinner, Hotel Cecil, London). Source material includes notes on the founding of the service, modern lifeboats, typical rescues and funding. Published: Complete Speeches IV p 3463 (part).Speech notes for WSC's speech (17 July 1924, Association of Advertising Clubs of the World Convention, Wembley, London), on the cause of depression in trade and consumption, and the need for advertising to strengthen...
Dates: 04 May 1923 - 03 Nov 1924
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Speeches: speech notes., 04 Feb 1950 - 09 Feb 1950

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/31A-D
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's election address (4 February, Town Hall, Leeds [Yorkshire]) including: criticism of the Labour government's economic policy and manifesto; party politics and the numbers of candidates fielded by the Liberal Party; quotes by [Clement] Attlee [Prime Minister] on socialism; the rejection of socialism in Canada, Australia and New Zealand; nationalisation and its effect on the coal industry; the planned nationalisation of the steel industry; the continuation of rationing;...
Dates: 04 Feb 1950 - 09 Feb 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 Fonds

The Papers of 1st Lord Gladwyn

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD
Scope and Contents The material at Churchill Archives Centre begins with Lord Gladwyn's school and college notebooks, and runs to his final articles, but with the exception of his personal and family correspondence, was chiefly created after Lord Gladwyn's retirement from the Diplomatic Service. A large proportion of the papers consists of notes, reports, articles, speeches and correspondence amassed from Lord Gladwyn's work as the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords and Liberal spokesman...
Dates: 1875 - 2002
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

The Papers of Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THRS
Scope and Contents The collection held at Churchill Archives Centre includes correspondence (including general, official, political, constituency, parliamentary and family correspondence); speeches; Liberal Organisation and Scottish Liberal organisation and Federation material; press cuttings; business papers; and Scottish Office, Scottish Board of Health and Secretary of State for Scotland material. For the most part, the collection is made up of constituency, parliamentary and Liberal party...
Dates: 1814 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access: With the exception of the fire-damaged material in section VI, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Individual closures of files are indicated in the catalogue.
 Fonds

The Papers of Reginald McKenna

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCKN
Scope and Contents The collection includes: personal papers, particularly on McKenna's property and financial affairs; a small amount of material on the 1907 Education Bill; a large amount of correspondence and papers from McKenna's tenure as First Lord of the Admiralty; some Home Office correspondence; speeches and correspondence from McKenna's time as Chancellor of the Exchequer; correspondence with Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher; papers on McKenna's career following his departure from politics,...
Dates: 1883 - 1994
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

The Papers of Sir Dingle Foot

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DGFT
Scope and Contents

The material held at Churchill Archives Centre deals with Sir Dingle's career as a Liberal and then a Labour Member of Parliament, as well as with his distinguished position in the legal profession, particularly with regard to Commonwealth countries and with his literary skills.

Dates: 1909 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open (except for a few files which are closed under data protection) for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR, CHUR and CHAQ
Scope and Contents The papers consist of original documents accumulated by Sir Winston Churchill throughout his life (1874-1965). They have been divided into three sections: the Chartwell Papers (CHAR) and the Churchill Papers (CHUR), with some additional material (CHAQ). Together, the three sets of papers cover the following major areas: Personal (CHAR 1, CHUR 1 and CHAQ 1/1 and 2/1), 1884-1965 The papers of Churchill as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his...
Dates: The majority of files date from the 1870s to 1965.
Conditions Governing Access: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
 Fonds

The Papers of Thomas Horabin

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HRBN
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee and other papers

Dates: 1939 - 1965
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

The Saunders Family Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SAUN
Scope and Contents The Saunders Family Papers fall into three main groups: the correspondence of David Hogg Saunders; the letters and papers of his son, George, whose hostility towards German militarism is reflected in his private letters, providing a great deal of information about life and manners in contemporary Berlin; and a variety of letters and miscellaneous documents relating to members of the Saunders family. This third group comprises the correspondence between George’s sister, Margaret, his son,...
Dates: 1805 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Item

(Untitled), 03 May 1945

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/3
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later Lord Thurso, Secretary of State for Air] noting the views expressed in his minute of 1 May and suggesting a preliminary talk between the four party leaders [carbon].

Dates: 03 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 18 May 1945

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/26-28
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to Archibald Sinclair [later Lord Thurso, Secretary of State for Air and Leader of the Liberal Party] proposing a continuation of the coalition until a decisive victory has been gained over Japan [carbon].

Dates: 18 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 18 May 1945

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/29-31
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to Ernest Brown [Leader of the Liberal National Group] proposing a continuation of the coalition until a decisive victory has been gained over Japan [carbon].

Dates: 18 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 26 May 1945

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/47-48
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later Lord Thurso, Secretary of State for Air and Leader of the Liberal Party] marked "private" commenting on the Liberal separation from the Government With additional sentence added in pencil: "I am happy to think that you have conducted the mighty air power through all the course of this 5 years hard war." [carbon].

Dates: 26 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 26 May 1945

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/49
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later Lord Thurso, Secretary of State for Air and Leader of the Liberal Party] marked "private" commenting on the Liberal separation from the Government [typescript copy].

Dates: 26 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open

Additional filters:

ARCHON code (for CUL materials)
Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 1
 
Type
Archival Object 451
Collection 7
 
Subject
Elections 105
Scotland 58
Economic policy 46
Economic conditions 45
Ireland (nation) 45
∨ more
Free trade 42
Speeches 29
Foreign policy 27
Constitutional law 24
Taxation 24
Constitutional history 23
Labour relations 21
Colonialism 20
Women 19
United States (nation) 17
Western Europe 17
Trade unions 16
International cooperation 15
Military equipment 15
Social reform 15
East West relations 14
India (nation) 14
International tensions 14
Literature 14
Soviet Union 14
Unemployment 14
Broadcasting 13
Education 13
Germany 13
South Africa (nation) 13
Transport 12
Agriculture 11
Coal mining 11
Electoral systems 11
Planning 11
Suffrage 11
First World War (1914-1918) 10
Food 10
Postwar reconstruction 10
Legislation 8
Communism 7
Family 7
France 7
Nuclear warfare 7
Press 7
Religion 7
Sport 7
Armed forces 6
Medical profession 6
Medical treatment 6
Strikes 6
Wales 6
Air warfare 5
Awards 5
Boer War (1899-1902) 5
Childhood 5
Cinema 5
Diseases 5
Photographs 5
Roads 5
Second World War (1939-1945) 5
Animals 4
Egypt 4
Immigrants 4
Land reform 4
Leisure time activities 4
London 4
Political patronage 4
Portraits 4
Railway transport 4
Russia (nation) 4
Civil defence 3
Government policy 3
Italy (nation) 3
Public health 3
Science 3
Canada (nation) 2
Colonial countries 2
Dardanelles campaign (1915-1916) 2
Defence 2
European administration 2
Gifts 2
Income 2
India 2
Intelligence 2
Journalism 2
Law 2
Legal procedure 2
Local government 2
Military operations 2
Painting 2
Politicians 2
Politics 2
State security 2
Trade (practice) 2
Western Front (1914-1918) 2
Africa 1
Arts 1
Asia-Pacific War, 1941-1945 1
Australia 1
+ ∧ less